SUMMER NIGHT HAWKS MATCH – BRITISH AIRWAYS CAR PARK – THURSDAY 30TH MAY 2024

Summer Night Hawks Matches

15 Pegged Matches in the  River Tyne from March to end of September. Matches are fished at four locations, four matches at each, British Airways, Copthorne and Pottery Bank. New for 2024, 3 Matches at St Peters Basin.

Registration 18:15 – 18:30. Peg Draw 18:30. If you are running late, please contact a club committee member who will draw a peg for you.

Fishing times 18:45 – 22:45.

Matches are straight length measure matches. All fish count (no minimum size fish) or restrictions on hook size. Maximum of 3 hooks as per club rules, treble counts as 3 hooks.

Eels are a straight 30cm. Maximum of 3 Eels, 3 Mackerel and 3 Herring per match.  If 3 are recorded on card, 4th fish does not count.

Members receive 10 points for 1st place, 2nd receives 9 points, 3rd 8 pts, 4th, 7 pts, 5th 6 pts, 6th 5 pts, 7th 4 pts, 8th 3 pts, 9th 2 pts, 10th 1 pts. All members who register to fish receive 1 point, even if they have blanked. Longest fish on the night receives a further 5 points.

British Airways

Directions:  NE4 7YA.  The venue is off William Armstrong Drive.

Parking:  2 spaces before the Car Park. The rest of the parking is on the roadside before the Barrier to the BA Car Park. Best fished on bigger tides on the flood.

Venue: Clean ground.

Species: Mainly a flounder and eels.  Small codling, whiting and coalfish usually on bigger tides.